William Thompson

Academics

• William Forde Thompson, Canadian psychologist
• William Hepworth Thompson, English classical scholar
• William Gilman Thompson, American professor of medicine
• William Oxley Thompson, president of Ohio State University
• William Hertzog Thompson, American psychology professor and minister
• William Irwin Thompson, American social philosopher and cultural critic
• William Robert Thompson, Canadian psychologist and behavior geneticist

  Entertainment

• William Thompson , English poet
• William C. Thompson , American cinematographer
• William H. Thompson,, American actor
• William Tappan Thompson, American humorist and journalist
• Will Lamartine Thompson, American composer

  Military

• William Thompson , American Revolutionary War general
• William Thompson , signal quartermaster in the American Civil War
• William P. Thompson, American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor
• William Francis Kynaston Thompson, British officer who fought and was captured at Arnhem
• William Thompson , American admiral, former chief of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
• William Thompson , Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Frank Thompson , British officer who worked in Bulgaria in the Second World War
• James Thompson , English recipient of the Victoria Cross

  Politics

U.S.

• William Thompson , member of the North Carolina General Assembly
• William B. Thompson, Virginia farmer and politician
• William Thompson , representative from Iowa
• William C. Thompson , lawyer and state senator
• William F. Thompson, representative from Florida
• William George Thompson, representative from Iowa
• William G. Thompson, mayor of Detroit
• William Henry Thompson, senator from Nebraska
• William I. S. Thompson, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
• William Barlum Thompson, mayor of Detroit
• William T. Thompson , Nebraska Attorney General and Solicitor of the United States Treasury
• William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago
• William Howard Thompson, senator from Kansas
• W. Lair Thompson, American politician and lawyer from the state of Oregon
• William Carrington Thompson, American politician and jurist from Virginia
• William Thompson , New York City Comptroller and Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City
• Bill Thompson , a state legislator in Arkansas

  U.K.

• William Thompson, English Member of Parliament for the City of London
• William Thompson , English Member of Parliament for Ipswich
• William Thompson , British Whig politician, MP for Scarborough 1701–1722 and 1730–1744
• William Thompson, MP for Callington, London, Sunderland and Westmorland, also Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London
• William Thompson , Northern Ireland politician

  Elsewhere

• William Thompson
• William Thompson , Australian politician
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• William Murray Thompson, railway contractor and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  Science

• William Thompson , Irish ornithologist and botanist
• William Thompson , Englishman who developed the Thompson Seedless grape
• William Wardlaw Thompson, South African ichthyologist and zoologist
• William Thompson , physician, Registrar General for Ireland
• William A. Thompson, member of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers
• William Boyce Thompson, American mining engineer and financier
• William R. Thompson, Canadian entomologist
• William Francis Thompson , American ichthyologist
• William Lay Thompson, American ornithologist

  Sports

• William Thompson , British prizefighter
• William Thompson , American archer
• William V. Thompson, American bowler
• William Thompson , English first-class cricketer
• William Thompson , English cricketer
• William Thompson , Australian cricketer
• William Thompson , Guyanese cricketer
• William Thompson , American Olympic rower
• William Thompson , Scottish footballer
• William Thompson , Canadian Olympic skier
• Will Thompson , American baseball player

  Other

• William Thompson , Governor of the Bank of England from 1725 to 1727
• William Thompson , Irish painter
• William Thompson , first President of the Methodist Conference after Wesley's death
• William Thompson , Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer
• William Thompson , American Indian fighter and newspaper editor
• William Clyde Thompson, leader of the Mount Tabor Indian Community in Texas
• William Thompson , Anglican bishop of Persia
• William A. Thompson , Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Western Anglicans
• William Thompson
• William Thompson , Canadian Anglican priest
• William C. Thompson , New York politician and judge
• William Paul Thompson, American serial killer
• William L. Thompson, pilot for Delta Air Lines, lawyer, and businessman
• William C. Thompson , judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
• William Harvey Thompson, prohibition enforcement agent in Seattle, Washington
• William Thompson , American criminal
• William S. Thompson, American judge in West Virginia
• William Francis Thompson, civil servant, magistrate and philatelist
• William Thompson, also known as Wiremu Tamihana, Maori preacher